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CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS

NOTE: A limited number of stipends are available to graduate and undergraduate applicants each call for applications. At the current time, PERSWADE will not provide stipends to postdoctoral fellows (PDFs); they are however eligible for enrolment to benefit from all the program components.

We are pleased to invite outstanding eligible students to apply for enrolment in the PERSWADE Program. All applications have to be submitted by email directly to yang.chen@emt.inrs.ca no later than September 7, 2017. Please refer to the Program Guide for further details on the application form and the required documents list. A Notification of Acceptance letter will be sent to the selected students following the evaluation process carried out by the PERSWADE’s Evaluation Committee based on the following assessment indicators: Academic excellence (25%), Research experience/potential (25%), Relevance/timeliness of research topic and fit with PERSWADE’s scope (15%), Project’s level of integration within an industrial project/contract (10%), Industry-hosted internship planning and integration levels with respect to the proposed project (10%), and Student’s industrial mentorship/co-supervision (15%).

Please note that students accepted for enrolment in the PERSWADE Program may receive RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS pending funds availability.

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PERSWADE (Pervasive and Smart Wireless Applications for the Digital Economy) is a program aiming to prepare students for new technology challenges, new application-specific integration issues, and a new industry culture in the field of wireless networks and systems and its smart applications. The only one and very first of its kind, this interdisciplinary program is receiving upwards of $1.6 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), out of a budget of $3.8 million for 2013-2019.